Job 30:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.”

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BSBPD

“The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:12 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
  2. Job 19:18Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
  3. Psalms 140:4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
  4. Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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